Articles from the August 30, 2009 edition
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Miners explore SW Alaska properties
Full Metal Minerals Ltd. and Kinross Gold Corp. struck a deal with Calista Corp., an Alaska Native regional corporation, to acquire 100 percent of mineral rights to the Russian and Horn Mountain... — Updated 8/30/2009
Alaska explorers hit potential pay dirt
They say when it rains, it pours, and that is just what is happening with news from field programs all over Alaska. Results from summer 2009 programs are pouring in from the Brooks Range to Prince... — Updated 8/30/2009
Self-interest can serve public interest
When it comes to comprehending social forces that frame our society, it sometimes occurs that good people take irrational positions for strange reasons, despite unequivocal evidence that it is contrary to their own best interests. This irony... — Updated 8/30/2009
Mongolia: A country of contrasts
No, no .stop, stop, stop" muttered Ken Yockey from the front seat of the land cruiser as we zoomed past a lumbering fully loaded end dump truck on the inside shoulder of the narrow road; while trying to keep up with our companion land... — Updated 8/30/2009
Suit worries natural resources industry
Alaska's resource development community is responding en masse to a civil suit filed by environmental law firm Trustees for Alaska that contends permits issued by the Alaska Department of Natural... — Updated 8/30/2009
Drills are tapping Sunshine at Livengood
LIVENGOOD - From the surface, there is nothing outstanding about the low-lying hills that cover International Tower Hill Mines Ltd.'s gold project. The birch and black spruce-covered terrain is... — Updated 8/30/2009
Junior clears obstacles to Nico Project
Fortune Minerals Ltd. is taking the lemons it has encountered in developing the Nico Project in Northwest Territories and making lemonade. The London, Ont.-based junior recently reported substantial progress in overcoming major obstacles to... — Updated 8/30/2009
Seabridge refines vision for KSM Project
Seabridge Gold Inc. is inching closer to production of one of the world's five-largest undeveloped gold deposits, the KSM Project located in the Iskut-Stikine region about 65 kilometers, or 40 miles, northwest of Stewart, B.C. The aggressive junior... — Updated 8/30/2009
Recession drives miners into mergers
The recession is taking its toll among mining companies with properties in Alaska and northwestern Canada as mergers and acquisitions surged in this sector during the second quarter, in step with a global industry trend. Companies across the... — Updated 8/30/2009
JV partners plan exploration at Niblack
Hunter Dickinson has joined forces with CBR Gold Corp. to resume exploration of the Niblack copper-gold-silver-zinc project on Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska. Heatherdale Resources... — Updated 8/30/2009
Corps gives go-ahead for Kensington Mine
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Aug. 14 re-issued a long-disputed tailings permit to Coeur Alaska for the Kensington Mine. Modifications to the permit extend its expiration to 2014, offsetting the... — Updated 8/30/2009
Wanted: More Far North infrastructure
While many business organizations promote infrastructure development in the communities they serve, few of them craft as detailed a visualization of their wish lists as a map created recently by the NWT & Nunavut Chamber of Mines. Chamber members... — Updated 8/30/2009
Explorer hunts for Bonanza mother lode
DAWSON CITY, Yukon Territory - Modern-day prospector Shawn Ryan is hot on the trail of what he believes could be the monster lode source of the 6 million ounces of placer gold recovered from... — Updated 8/30/2009
